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Haldor Topsøe wins diesel hydrotreater deal for Rosneft refinery in Russia

Haldor Topsøe has won the contract for a diesel hydrotreating unit for the Russian Syzran Refinery owned by Rosneft, the largest Russian oil company. The contract is a continuation of Topsøe’s and Rosneft’s collaboration, the companies said.

Jacobs, Shell form partnership for project design work in India

Jacobs Engineering Group says it received a contract from Shell in India to build an integrated organization with Shell’s project design office in Bangalore, India. The new organization aims to blend the strong technical and engineering design capability held by Shell and Jacobs, while optimizing the best work processes and tools of both companies, they said.

Jacobs wins engineering on Honeywell, Sinochem venture in China

Jacobs Engineering Group will provide engineering and procurement services for the newly-formed joint venture between Honeywell and Sinochem. The joint venture, to be located in Taicang, Jiangsu Province, plans to produce HFC-245fa, a non-ozone-depleting rigid foam blowing agent used in insulation.

Toyo lands engineering design deal for Canada oil sands refinery project

Toyo has been awarded a contract by North West Redwater (NWR) to provide EDS (engineering design specification) work for a heavy oil upgrading and refining complex in Sturgeon County, Alberta. This complex will process bitumen extracted from oil sands producing naphtha, diesel oil and other petroleum products.

Toyo lands project management deal for Venezuela refinery upgrading work

Toyo Engineering, in consortium with a Venezuelan engineering firm Y&V Ingeniería y Construcción, has been awarded a project management consultant contract for a heavy oil upgrading project of Venezuelan national petroleum company PDVSA at its Puerto La Cruz refinery in the State of Anzoátegui. The project aims to satisfy the energy demands of the domestic market in Venezuela and overseas exports.

Optimize capacity for large ethylene oxide reactors

Scientific Design Co.: Crudge, B.  |  Billig, B.  |  Schneider, R.

Many factors must be considered in fine-tuning unit design

Knowledge transfer: A primer for major capital projects

Technip Italy: Magarini, A.  |  Altamura, A.  |  Robertson, R.

Improve transfer strategy across the project supply chain to achieve smooth end-user takeover

Manage risks with dividing-wall column installations

Yeungnam University: Lee, M.
LG Chem.: Shin, J.
LG Chem Ltd.: Lee, S.  |  Lee, J.

A simple auxiliary configuration and an extensive modeling study can mitigate the implementation risks of DWCs

HP Construction: North America

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Alfa Laval has an order to supply newly developed equipment for cleaning industrial wastewater in Canada. The order value is approximately SEK 60 million and delivery is scheduled for 2012.The order f..

HP Construction: Asia-Pacific

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

MAN Diesel & Turbo has an order for 24 compressor units for an integrated chemical complex in Chongqing, China. The order size is about €50 million. Designed as a combined plant, the chemical com..